A court in the Netherlands has upheld a new law to ban foreign tourists from cannabis cafes, the BBC reports . The ban is due to start in three southern provinces next month, and go nationwide by the end of the year. Amsterdam, perhaps the most popular spot...

Court orders compo for Dutch weed cafesCANNABIS cafes in ... to register local smokers and ban sales to foreigners, a Dutch court has ruled. The so-called "cannabis card" law was introduced on May 1 last year in three southern provinces and effectively aimed at transforming coffee shops into ...06/5/2013 - 4:34 am | View Link

Maastricht, Dutch City, Cracks Down On Coffee Shops Selling Marijuana To TouristsAuthorities in the Dutch drug tourism hub of Maastricht are striking back after cannabis cafes ... to enforce a law aimed at ridding the streets of stoned tourists, with foreigners previously accounting for two-thirds of the coffee shops' clientele.06/5/2013 - 3:00 am | View Link

Cannabis chaos as Dutch city flouts drug tourist banThe battle has been fought on the streets, in the courtroom and in the media as authorities struggle to enforce a law aimed at ridding the ... effectively creating a new phenomenon: cannabis ghettoes. – AFP06/4/2013 - 10:16 pm | View Link

Dutch government scraps ‘weed pass’ law“We are abandoning the 'cannabis card',” he added. The Dutch government announced a year ago that it was introducing a law to ban foreigners from entering ... French and German drug tourists. The move was aimed at curbing drug-related phenomena like ...11/20/2012 - 8:42 pm | View Link

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A Critical Overview of Australian Approaches to Cannabis ...Research Paper 6 2001-2002 Reforming the Old and Refining the New: A Critical Overview of Australian Approaches to Cannabis Maurice Rickard Social Policy Group09/24/2017 - 2:07 pm | View Website

AmsterdamAmsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. With more than one million inhabitants in its urban area, it is the country's largest city and its financial, cultural ...09/23/2017 - 12:42 pm | View Website